A How To Train Your Dragon Fansite

Here's
an interview with Art Brown and Douglas Sloan about what kinds of
episodes we will see and what we can expect in terms of dragons and
characters. These aren't your questions for them, but it's still
interesting to hear their perspective on the show!

Spoiler
Alert: This interview clip contains no new footage, but it does
contains descriptions of scenes and episodes from the show.

209 comments:

Really cool interview! I think we definitely have some questions we asked already answered though. :P Oh well can't wait to see what others think about the interview, discussion and theories will abound for sure now. :)

I had no idea Jay loved to write! That's awesome!I'm really excited to see Heather return and I hope she gets a good story like Doug Sloan said. I can't wait to see how she's grown to look as the rest of the gang has.

Wow! I haven't been super excited for Race to the Edge, but after this interview, I can't wait! It sounds like the creators are drawing so much inspiration from both the first and second films, and they just seem so IN to it. This season is going to be awesome!

Can't wait for all the "hints", little Easter eggs that bridge the gap between this series and the second film. I'm also excited for Heather's return. It'll be so redeeming to see her rebuild her friendship with the riders and further herself from the mistakes she made when they were younger. Also, that little wrench her presence threw in Hiccup and Astrid's relationship never really did get resolved. I really hope they take advantage of the opportunity to show development in their relationship by bringing her back.

A lesson about impersonation in here. When you have to focus on the voice, you often lose the acting. Zack's voice and humor is not similar to Jonah Hill for Snotlout, but they allowed him to put elements of his own flair to bridge the gap and make it work. And the delivery sells the acting more so than mere sound-alike. Rarely will you find someone who can do both, and if the use of someone with a trademark style cannot return to repeat that success, you have to find a way that works to the medium's advantage without switching off its base origin. Zack gives a different sense of comedy and had to modulate his voice for Snotlout to blend as best he can to what exists, but there's still that boastfulness to his delivery and reaction to pain that is un-disputably belonging to the character. The new voice was thus constructed to become the television Snotlout.

They said something about a storyline involving Dagur and Heather. My theory is Dagur meets Heather after getting out of prison. Since Heather will have a dragon of her own, Dagur will know she has ties to Hiccup. So maybe he will pretend to be this friendly guy to try to get info on Hiccup's whereabouts (since Hiccup's obviously not on Berk) from Heather.

I actually missed a few points in the interviews because I was so distracted by him reaching for the candy... whatever was in there must have been good! I'm guessing those were little caramel candies or m&ms.

I really love that Heather is coming back and getting her own storyline, background and development. That is really cool.

I just wish Ruffnut and Astrid got the same privilege. They hardly get any valuable screen time and it sounds like they will not be anything but love interests with filler lines on Race to the Edge. I hope I am wrong.. but this is what is looks like to me. Neither Doug nor Art have mention almost anything about them in any of their interviews so far. They have confirmed that Tuffnut and Fishlegs will lead some episodes when Hiccup takes the backseat and even mentioned things about Snotlout. Astrid and Ruffnut are just... invincible, even a non-movie character is going to be treated as more important then them.

I hear it! OMG I'm really excited now! it'll be interesting to see how they put her character in with the dragon riders. I wonder how her and Astrid will act together, lol considering Astrid's based off of her

Yes thank you! I was waiting to see if anyone else thought it sounded like he said "Cami interrupts them".(Wasn't sure if I was just hearing stuff or crazy :P) Like I needed more reason to want to watch the show, but I would definitely be interested to see her if this is the case.

Hmm. Not sure if he said "Cami" or "comedy." Comedy seems to make more sense in the context of what he is saying. Still, it would be awesome if they introduced her into the movie universe in this show.

I'm fangirling so hard I think I'm about to bust!:D:D:D:D I didn't know Jay loved writing! That's awesome!:D And YESSS HEATHER WILL RETURN!:D So excited right now!!!!:DLol. The producers and those jelly beans though!;'D

"Comedy" makes the most sense for the context, but it definitely doesn't sound like it. Although that could be the fault of the recording setup not capturing that all important syllable. Or the possibility that he may have just been tired. (Still going to remain optimistically delusional though. XD)

This is amazing. I'm really excited and there's only 60 so days left before this releases. They sure did improve on the animation, from the looks of things, and I look forward to seeing how the teens changed throughout the years after the first series/movie and before the sequel.

They explained this fairly well and I look forward to watching the episodes! I hope we can get a short clip or something a month or week before its release.

In HTTYD 2, both Fishlegs and Snotlout were all over Ruffnut but in the TV series they don't even show a hint of affection towards her. Fishlegs has never seemed to love anyone except Meatlug so having a crush on Ruffnut seems quite bizarre. Snotlout on the other hand liked Astrid at the beginning and according to the TV show, he never stopped. He is even seen calling Ruffnut a mutton head. It seems very unusual and out of character for each of these people to have found Ruffnut to be a suitable love interest. Why do you think they did this?

Because she's the only one their age who isn't engaged. married or with a boyfriend. The other tribes weren't blending just yet, otherwise I think Snotlout would have chased after Heather. Otherwise, there's the dragon factor, and they may have only met peaceful tribes when alliance was necessary, leaving very little room for a relationship...unless they skip dragon training or use the Terrible Terror messengers!Now in history, the Vikings became known for invading lands for expanded territory and blonde women, destroy most of the books in the process. Beowulf may have some references to such an era, being about the Danes and Saxons.

Honestly, I prefer Zack's performance to Jonah's. I've never been a big fan of his. But I just think Zack's voice and flair fits Snotlout's personality better. It's the same with Ruff, I prefer Andree's style for the character; the only difference is I actually do like Kristen Wigg but I wasn't a fan of the performance in HTTYD 2, something just felt off about it. I guess it's just because I've watched the show so many times that I've gotten used to those voices.

I do like Zack's version. As For Ruffnut, I always felt that she was supposed to feel off. But My problem with Andree is how she seems to put a little too much effort into sounding like Wiig to the point where she isn't breathing. When she has to sing as Ruffnut, she sounds a bit airless and low-toned. I get the impression of a man inexperienced with high voices trying to voice a girl when she sang in "Free Scauldy". I did like her delivery to Barf, "Let loose!" though. By the way, does anyone think that Fred from BH6 looks too similar to Tuffnut (minus the Rapunzel hair)?

Yeah, but I liked Wigg's version in the first movie... the second one just felt like something was missing. I don't know how to explain it. I read somewhere that that's why Ruff didn't have many lines in the first season, because the first actress didn't sound enough like Wigg; and Ruff had a noticeable increase in screen time in season 2. As for the singing, I always figured that was intentional, a sort of 'vikings take pride in how awful their singing is!' type thing.I agree, Fred looked way too Modern Tuffnut. It was kind of distracting. And TJ voicing both of them didn't help.

Tuff/Fred have the round nose, freckles, and the same twisted take on reality. And Ruff was voiced by yet another actor? No wonder I remember her TV voice's name(s) as much as the others! I think the defining line for anyone voicing Ruffnut should be:"YOU"RE CRAZY!...I like thaaaaat."(P.S. I think if she said that to Fishlegs, at age 16-17, he would have jumped hastily onto his raft from DotDR, singing "AAGH! I'M A VIKING THROUGH AND THROUGH! I'M A VIKING!" as it capsizes in front of Stoic.)

I think the issue with Heather was that she didn't show immediate signs of a conflict. She passively goes about Berk learning dragons (A new girl to this lifestyle on Berk and she's immediately this comfortable?) Just when we are about to trust her, she pulls the bedsheets hiding the secret book. I get that she couldn't say who she's working for, but she lingered long enough beforehand to get on Astrid's nerves. She's a bit of a mystery, and even though her goal should have been simple, the culprit saith otherwise upon the tremblers of Alvin's name.

I thought of that once, but then I realized that was impossible. Dagur's father is Osvalt the Agreeable, and both of Heather's parents are seen. If Heather and Dagur were siblings, she would most likely already be aquatinted with Berk and its people.

Yep, it's the third Thorston "twin" Frednut! (Oh, I couldn't resist!)And yes, her name was Julie Marcus. No, don't think so. Though he does sing Gobber's 'Happy song' in Bing! Bam! Boom!, but he's flying on Meatlug. In the Bonknapper short, he doesn't really do much rowing, the others do all the work while he spits out dragon facts. I didn't see any romantic-ness to that part (though their over-attachment to each other does get pretty silly at times), but it's probably because I'm laughing the entire time at the "And not a Snotlout for miles" line.

I tried to get on that today.On the home page, logged in. I had to refresh it because apparently something went wrong. Then the tab just closed itself. I then again try to get back on and it said it was still under maintenance.

It's so freakin' bugged up though. I doubt $15 worth of gems is worth an update that creates new bugs when it fixes others. But I guess I can only wait until I pay for the expansion to judge how bad/good this update really is. :/

It's probably Fishlegs' voice that got me think of it, the first Viking-ly thing I could picture a breaking-voiced lad doing. And his voice breaks easily in terror."And not a Snotlout for miles!" (laughs)

I just remembered that there were trails hidden behind the thickets beyond my backyard. And I'm moving tomorrow. My only dragon is tucked away for the transfer, So I already had no way to recreate Hiccup's first encounter with Toothless. But as the demolition of luck had it set, I had just realized the night too late that I could've gone in and encountered a camouflaged Changewing. Then the Changewing's packs would come in. It would have been such a great test to try to create tension purely from my reaction, camera, and the unseen. Ooh, I missed it! We won't be back long enough to get idle time for me to film it. I never thought I'd find a spot like it. Well, perhaps at a camp, there's way to find a place like it, but I'd have to "get lost in an unmapped pathway" to get there.

My review of SoD:I'm saying right now, I love school of Dragons.The game is awesome, especially with the new update.The land within the ice tunnels is beautiful and they are actually paying attention to how your character is. Like, when my character almost got hyperthermia or whatever.I must, even though the Groncicle is adorable, I find it a bit lazy. It's jut a frozen Gronckle.Anyway, I'm glad we're introduced to a new character that's not from TV nor movie. He's just for the game. Like that science lady who was replaced by Heather because she looked too much like Valka. Oh! I also like the addition of Mildew.Overall, It's a beautiful game and the update is amazing.That's my review of School of Dragons. (Wow I'm doing reviews now)

I think this series will focus in one of its episodes on how Snotlout and Fishlegs fall for Ruffnut. I highly doubt even Snotlout would think there was any chance of him and Astrid getting together anymore anyway. Let's not forget that one episode late in Defenders of Berk how Astrid creeped Snotlout out of flirting with her either. No chance at all the guy is still into her. ;)

So Fishlegs has a first human girlfriend in this, and its not who you think (no, it's not Ruffnut)! And Tuffnut gets paranoid for part of the show! Can hardly wait to see the manic twins when they... become more manic. (Were-dragon!)

https://youtu.be/Geludqx4Dcg im glad doug and art put free falling in the new seasons i remember the preview clip perfectly they were just falling slightly looking at eachother and hiccup just says hey man i wish i took video footage with my phone it would get fans on here hyped and hiccstrid fans to cuz they ended one clip with astrid taking a blow for hiccup

This is what it says on their site –Touching back on Heather, Brown says that she becomes a major part of the Dragon Riders in Race to the Edge. This essentially confirms that Heather will join the Riders on their journeys throughout

well since shes good friends with astrid now no fighting will be between them i swear sometimes the hiccup x heather shippers remind me of a certain other pairing i really hate except that certain pairing became canon only on a cop out

hiccup and toothless find the dragon's eye in a ship the dragon riders face against the snow dragon and deathsong as for hiccstrid hiccup saves astrid from drowning they watch the sunset and astrid takes a blow for hiccup to which i said *ending it with hiccstrid nice*